Improvement in manure-carts



T.' L.0'OTTEN.. 4 Fertilizer. y v No. 106,125. ,e Patented Aug. 9, 1870 INVENTOR. AThemes Qef'vm.

- l aanr MARTHA J; coTTEN, 0F SAME Paires.

VLetters .Patent No. 106,125, elated August 9, 1870.-,

VIMPRovrnvrzau' IN MAnURn-CARTS.

The Schedulereferred to in these ilhetters Patent and making part of the same.V

To allai/hom it may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS L. Co'r'ruiv, of the county of Madison and'State of Mississippi, have in- Vvented certain new and useful Improvements in Man-v uring-,Oarts and"`Fertilizer-Distributer; and I do herebydeclare that'the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had4 to the znzconnninying drawing and to the letters of refer ence; marked thereon, making part of this specification, in whichy Figure lis a top plan view.

Figure 2 V,is alougitudinal sec-tional view on the line :c x, tig..1.

'i Figure Sis a top' plan `view, the hopper being removed.

.lhe object of my invention is .to furnish a cart tlatwill deposit with great regularity and accuracy inthe drill all fme or p'ulverize'd manure, especially the cotton-seed, whcharticle, as isewell known, is

now extensively used as a fertilizer.

The nature of my yinvent-ion consists in securing on -an axle-shaft that passes through a boxing or frame in which the hopper is. seat-ed, a feed-wheel.

This wheel is `provided with pockets, and retaining teeth or pins, so arranged as to deposit inthe drill,

with the utmost regularity, and at the desired intel'- vals, the cotton-seed or other line or pulverized manure. The axle-shaft ot' the feed-wheel is provided with pinion-wheels, which, when desired, are thrown in gear with the ratchet-teeth on the inner face of the hubs, so that the revolution of the ,wheels of the cart can be made at pleasure to impart a like-motion to the feed or manure-wheel.

My cart is alsoso constructed that the frame, in

which is seated the box that supports the 'hopper-and in which works the axle-shaft ofthe feed-wheel, shall be adjustable in a horizontal direction, so that, when desired, the pinion-wheels can be moved to such posi# tion as to be entirely clear of the ratchet or gear-teeth on the hub, which enables the cart to be driven tp any desired pointwithont imparting the slightest motion to the ,feed-wheel, and, consequently, without droppingauy of the manure.

To 'enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, II will .no'winproceed to describe its construction and operation. y

A.' A'are the shafts, which terminate in parallel bars or'snpports, AA', and, with horizontal pieces B Bland cross-,pieces B B', form the rectangular flame'.

that not only supports the main axle C, but also the entire mechanism. A i,

This axle, which is of wrought iron, is not made 1n onecontinuous piece, but in- .two sections, (l C.

These sections are so attached to the rear bars'A' A' Vofthe shafts, and alsoto the horizontal pieces B B,

as to be firmly held, and, at the same time, leave the space between the pieces B B, in which the feedwheel revolves,I entirely unobstructed.

C C' are the cart-wheels, and are provided with cast-iron hubs, having on their inner face ratchetteetl c c. On the rear b ars A A'.of the shafts rests an open frame,.consisting of parallel bars D D and a cross-piece, D. 1

rlhe bars D D are slotted, as shown at d d, which I renders the flame adj nstable, it being retained at any desired point by means of the screw-bolts d' d'.

Attached to the cross-piece D and resting on the horizontal pieces B B is the box or frame E.

The forward and rear ends E'E' of this b ox or frame :pass down between the pieces B B, as shown in fig. 2, ltheir inner faces being slightly curved, so as to leave a suitable passage for the discharge or deposit ofthe mannre. v

F is the hopper, and is seated in lthe frame E.

This hopper is constructed with au open month, through which the manure is discharged into the pockets of the feed-wheel, and a gauge-plate F'.`

rlhis plate F is slotted, as shown at j; ig.'1, which enables it, by means of a screw, f', to be adjusted to any desired point, and, consequently, regulate at pleasure the feeding of the manine .to the dischargewheel.

G is an axle-arm that passes through the frame E, and rests and works in suitable bearings g g onV the slotted horizontal bars D D.

0n the ends of thisaxle-arm G are secured ltwol pinion-wheels, G' G'. These pinion-wheels are so arranged that they can readily be thrown in gear with the ratchetdiices c c of the hub of the wheels G' G.

0n the axle-arm G is a feed-wheel, H.

' This wheel H is provided with numerous pockets H H and simili teeth or pins h h, the latter heilig placed at the base ofthe pockets.l These pockets H H may be made detachable and of different lengths,

feed-wheel H, by whichfmeans the manure is conveyed ii'oin the hopper tothe drill.

Having th us ffully described. my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desireto secure by Let-ters Patent ofthe United States, js-

1. The wheel H, having pockets H' H and pins 'h h', the shaft Gand pinion-wheels G" G', when the i same are. so arranged in combination with the ratchet-faced hubs c c of the wheels C' O', that their revothi's specification in the presence of tiro subscribing Intion can be made to impart; like motion to the wheel H, substantially as described, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The bars D D, when the same are provided with slots dd, so arranged as to allow a horizontal movement tothe hopper and feed-mechanism, substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to witnesses.

Witnesses A.l H. GOTTEN, J. G. NoBLEs.

THOS. L. COTTEN. 

